Acts 28:2

Acts 28:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
• New International Version (NIV)The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The native people showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the natives showed us unusual kindness; for they kindled a fire and made us all welcome, because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold.

Context of Acts 28:2

1Once safely ashore, we then learned that the island was called Malta. The local people showed us extraordinary kindness. They lit a fire and took us all in, since it was raining and cold. 3As Paul gathered a bundle of brushwood and put it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand. 4When the local people saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man, no doubt, is a murderer. Even though he has escaped the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”

Acts 28:2 word by word

οἵ τε βάρβαροι παρεῖχον οὐ τὴν τυχοῦσαν φιλανθρωπίαν ἡμῖν· ἅψαντες γὰρ πυρὰν προσελάβοντο πάντας ἡμᾶς διὰ τὸν ὑετὸν τὸν ἐφεστῶτα καὶ διὰ τὸ ψῦχος.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• the barbarous peopleὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the barbarous peopleβάρβαροςbarbaros · barbarianG915
• shewedπαρέχωparechō · to furnish occasionG3930
• usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• noοὐou · noG3756
• littleτυγχάνωtugchanō · to obtain/happenG5177
• kindnessφιλανθρωπίαphilanthrōpia · benevolenceG5363
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• they kindledἀνάπτωanaptō · to set fireG381
• a fireπυράpura · fireG4443
• and receivedπροσλαμβάνωproslambanō · to takeG4355
• every oneπᾶςpas · allG3956
• becauseδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• of the presentἐφίστημιephistēmi · to approachG2186
• rainὑετόςhuetos · rainG5205
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• of the coldψῦχοςpsuchos · coldG5592

Cross-references for Acts 28:2

• Acts 28:4When the local people saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man, no doubt, is a murderer. Even though he has escaped the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
• Romans 1:14I am obligated both to Greeks and barbarians, both to the wise and the foolish.
• 1 Corinthians 14:11Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.
• Colossians 3:11In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all.
• Acts 27:3The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to go to his friends to receive their care.
• Leviticus 19:18Do not take revenge or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.
• Proverbs 24:11Rescue those being taken off to death, and save those stumbling toward slaughter.
• Matthew 10:42And whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
• Luke 10:30Jesus took up the question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead.
• Romans 2:14So, when Gentiles, who do not by nature have the law, do what the law demands, they are a law to themselves even though they do not have the law.
• Hebrews 13:2Don’t neglect to show hospitality, for by doing this some have welcomed angels as guests without knowing it.
• Ezra 10:9So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.
• John 18:18Now the servants and the officials had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold. They were standing there warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, warming himself.
• 2 Corinthians 11:27toil and hardship, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, cold, and without clothing.

Commentaries on Acts 28:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The barbarous people - We have already seen that this island was peopled by the Phoenicians, or Carthaginians, as Bochart has proved, Phaleg. chap. xxvi.; and their ancient language was no doubt in use among them at that time, though mingled with some Greek and Latin terms; and this language must have been unintelligible to the Romans and the Greeks. With these, as well as with other nations, it was customary to call those , barbarians, whose language…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2And the barbarous people - See the notes on Romans 1:14. The Greeks regarded all as barbarians who did not speak their language, and applied the name to all other nations but their own. It does not denote, as it does sometimes with us, “people of savage, uncultivated, and cruel habits, but simply those whose speech was unintelligible.” See 1 Corinthians 14:11. The island is supposed to have been populated at first by the Phoecians, afterward by the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-16The graphic language describing sailing in the story of Paul's journey to Rome provides one of the best accounts of an ancient sea journey. This is the last "we" section in Acts (see also 16:10–17; 20:5–15; 21:1–18). During Paul's two years of imprisonment, Luke probably researched his gospel throughout Judea and Galilee. Here, as part of Paul's sailing group, he had a personal witness of the dangers at sea.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. the barbarous people--so called merely as speaking neither the Greek nor the Latin language. They were originally Phoenician colonists. showed us no little--"no ordinary" kindness, for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain--"the rain that was on us"--not now first falling, but then falling heavily. and because of the cold--welcomed us all, drenched and shivering, to these most seasonable marks of friendship. In…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 28:2

• Barbarian
• Hospitality
• Melita (Malta)
• Minister, Christian
• Paul

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Commentaries on Acts 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings